A to Z

A: Attached or Single: Married 10 years this August

B: Best Friend: Dustin and my sister Kelley

C: Cake or Pie: Cake. Chocolate with chocolate and more chocolate!

D: Day of Week: Saturday. A day to spend with the whole family.

E: Essential item: Pony tail holder

F: Favorite color: Red

G: Greatest Accomplishment: Being a Mom

H: Hometown: Corvallis

I: Indulgences: Time at the spa :)

J: January or July: July- happy birthday to me! Not to mention its nice and warm outside.

K: Kids: 3

L: Life is incomplete without: family

M: Marriage date: August 15, 1998

N: Number of siblings: 4

O: Oranges or Apples: Apples. The greener and tarter the better.

P: Phobias: Swimming in a lake/river. Things that touch my feet or legs that I can't see....

Q: Quotes: Live Well. Laugh Often. Love Much.

R: Reason to smile: It looks so much better than frowning!

S: Season: Summer, summer, summer! I love the weather, the slightly slower pace, and all of the fun activities that go along with it.

T: Tag five friends: Heather, Paula, Lynn, Julie, & whoever else wants to!

U: Unknown fact about me: Thats a tough one. I'm not usually shy about stating my opinions, could there be something I forgot to say.....

V: Very Favorite Store: Old Navy for clothes, both for myself and the kids. Walmart for everything else. There isn't one close by which is probably good. I am a total sucker for the low prices and can't seem to stop myself!

W: Worst Habit: Forgetting to take care of myself.

X: Xray or Ultra sound: Never had an x-ray. Had a number of ultra-sounds.

Y: Your favorite food: Popcorn and french fries, both with lots of salt.

Z: Zodiac: Cancer

The Lake

This is one of those places that if someone doesn't know where they are going they will never find. (Not to mention it is private property behind a locked gate.) I guess its good to know the right people!

This particular place is called The Lake.

Sitting on the dock, dangling toes in the cold water.

Going on a boat ride.

Just hanging around!

Colin was not pleased about being in the cold water.

No matter what we said, we could not convince him to get all the way in and swim.

Our friend, "The Salamander"

We were invited to go with Kelley and her friends out to "the lake".

There we made friends with lots of salamanders.

Our first catch!

Mr. Salamander

The Smith Family

Complete with uncooperative children!

The whole group.

It was a beautiful place to spend a hot afternoon.

School Field Trip

We spent the morning at Heavenly Harvest Farms with Colin's pre-school.

The kids learned about what it takes to make things grow.

They saw plants in the greenhouses and fields, beehives with an active colony, and got to take a hayride out to the fields and plant pumpkin seeds.

Who knows, maybe when we go pumpkin hunting this October we will get the one we planted!

Digging the perfect hole.

Planting 2 seeds, just in case one doesn't make it.

Time to grow!

On the hayride with his friend from school.

Sleepy Head

I'm not tired Mom.....

Gardening Girls

For Mother's Day last year, we built raised garden beds for vegetables.

This year we decided to build 2 more beds and plant even more!

Her are the girls with the first batch of our veggie starts.

Janessa planting onions.

Planting a hot pepper for future batches of salsa :)

Colin & Janessa helping fill one of the new beds

that will hold raspberries and strawberries.

I can't wait to eat all of our hard work!!